The Persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: Causation and more
This paper aims to investigate the light verb constructions (LVCs) formed with the light verb dādan ‘to give’ in Persian by employing the principles of cognitive lexical semantics. It examines the semantic relationships between the heavy verb dādan and its uses as LVCs. The analysis of attested exam...
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| description | This paper aims to investigate the light verb constructions (LVCs) formed with the light verb dādan ‘to give’ in Persian by employing the principles of cognitive lexical semantics. It examines the semantic relationships between the heavy verb dādan and its uses as LVCs. The analysis of attested examples reveals that the use of dādan as a light verb (LV) is a function of the semantic structure of its simple verb counterpart. This suggests that its lightness status is highly systematic and can be explained in terms of cognitively driven motivations. In addition, a significant number of the LVCs express certain causation meanings, suggesting that Persian speakers tend to use the LV dādan to convey causative notions as newly emerged LVCs. This stance will constitute our line of argument to analyze the data in this study. By presenting a cognitive configuration of LVCs in Persian, the current paper can pave the way for a fine-grained theorization of typological aspects of LVCs in some other languages. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2a2fcaf3dc21494c86e872fcae3e0bcb2025-01-18T06:51:27ZfasUniversity of Isfahanنشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی2322-34132024-09-0116211810.22108/jrl.2024.140019.182228238The Persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: Causation and moreReza Soltani0Mohammad Amouzadeh1Hadaegh Rezaei2Department of Language and Culture UiT, The Arctic University of NorwayDepartment of Linguistics University of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranDepartment of Linguistics University of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranThis paper aims to investigate the light verb constructions (LVCs) formed with the light verb dādan ‘to give’ in Persian by employing the principles of cognitive lexical semantics. It examines the semantic relationships between the heavy verb dādan and its uses as LVCs. The analysis of attested examples reveals that the use of dādan as a light verb (LV) is a function of the semantic structure of its simple verb counterpart. This suggests that its lightness status is highly systematic and can be explained in terms of cognitively driven motivations. In addition, a significant number of the LVCs express certain causation meanings, suggesting that Persian speakers tend to use the LV dādan to convey causative notions as newly emerged LVCs. This stance will constitute our line of argument to analyze the data in this study. By presenting a cognitive configuration of LVCs in Persian, the current paper can pave the way for a fine-grained theorization of typological aspects of LVCs in some other languages.https://jrl.ui.ac.ir/article_28238_5dd68353c4c8f9357362e2c432aacd9c.pdfdādanlight verb constructionsemantic structurecognitive lexical semanticscausation |
| spellingShingle | Reza Soltani Mohammad Amouzadeh Hadaegh Rezaei The Persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: Causation and more نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی dādan light verb construction semantic structure cognitive lexical semantics causation |
| title | The Persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: Causation and more |
| title_full | The Persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: Causation and more |
| title_fullStr | The Persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: Causation and more |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: Causation and more |
| title_short | The Persian light verb dādan ‘to give’: Causation and more |
| title_sort | persian light verb dadan to give causation and more |
| topic | dādan light verb construction semantic structure cognitive lexical semantics causation |
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